Oops! Kate Middleton Nearly Gets Exposed By The Wind

Another oops! Moment for the Duchess of Cambridge.

The royal mother-to-be was caught out by the wind as she arrived at the wedding of friends Willian van Cutsem and Rosie Ruck Keene, in south Oxfordshire, about a week ago.

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Pre-watershed Programmes Are Robbing Children Of Their Innocence, Headteachers Claim

Foul language and inappropriate themes on Britain’s Got Talent and other pre-watershed programmes are robbing children of their innocence, headteachers have warned.

Adult issues including prostitution, rape, alcoholism and murder are now commonplace on screens before 9pm. This is having a ‘detrimental effect’ on children, according to a motion passed overwhelmingly at the National Association of Headteachers conference in Birmingham.

Britain’s Got Talent, which featured 71-year-old pensioner Kelly Fox earlier this month singing a song shortly after 8pm called ‘Kiss My Ass’, was singled out for criticism. Music mogul Simon Cowell also kissed the bottom of fellow judge Amanda Holden.

Amanda Hulme, the head of Claypool Primary School in Bolton, told delegates children are being forced to grow up too quickly.

‘Completely inappropriate’ material that no person ‘with an ounce of morality’ would want their child to see were being shown too early.

Speaking about the 'Kiss My Ass' incident, she said:

The producers of Britain’s Got Talent obviously think it’s okay. They made a conscious decision to air that performance before the watershed last Saturday,’ she said.

The programme had already been criticised recently for featuring a lap dancer and an 11-year-old singing a sexually charged song called One Night Only, both seen by 13 million people before the watershed.

Popular soaps were also a bad influence, Mrs Hulme said, with Emmerdale character Cain Dingle using bad language in an episode broadcast at 7.20pm. Referring to a recent Netmums survey which found parents believe childhood now ends at age 12, she added:

 ‘It’s even lower than that for some children. The toxic combination of sophisticated marketing, the media ratings war and added peer pressure linked to social media, means that not only are children being put under pressure to conform to idealistic nonsense but they are also being subjected to adult themes at a much younger age.’

She described having to speak to 11-year-olds about making crude language in the playground.

‘What does seem to be new is the freedom that the media have to introduce themes to our children that are completely inappropriate - rape, murder, domestic abuse, child abuse, self-harming, bulimia, alcoholism, prostitution, drug abuse - all on television in the last 12 months and all before the watershed,’ Mrs Hulme warned.

Surely an easy way to judge if a theme is appropriate would be to ask the question “Is this something I would like my child to know about?”’ Another headteacher described how children as young as eight are putting themselves at risk by setting up Facebook pages.

Stephen Watkins, head of Mill Field Primary School in Leeds, revealed more than two-thirds of 11-year-olds at his school had set up accounts on the social networking site - despite under-13s supposedly being banned. Many were placing sensitive details online, including their names and addresses - which could be seen by predatory paedophiles.

Others are being subjected to cyber-bullying, leaving them suicidal or with eating disorders, he said in a briefing prior to the conference in Birmingham.

‘We had a purge just before Christmas when we wrote to the parents telling them their children were not old enough,’ said Mr Watkins.

‘We told them “Do something or we will”. Then, a couple of months later, we found they had set up new accounts under a different name.’ Facebook did remove under-age accounts when alerted to them, he said, ‘but they don’t make it difficult to set them up’.

Mr Hobby confirmed the problem was ‘rife’, saying a ‘majority of schools’ were now having to tackle the problem.

A Facebook spokesman said:

‘Ultimately, we believe that communication between parents and young people about their use of the internet is vital.’

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Footballers Gary and Phil Neville's Father Charged For Sexual Assault

Neville Neville and Son, Gary

The father of footballers Gary and Phil Neville has been charged with sexually assaulting a 46-year-old woman.

Neville Neville, 63, was told today he will face court over the alleged attack in March.

The football agent, from Bury, Lancashire, was arrested in the days after the alleged attack but released on bail.

Neville’s son, Gary, 38, a former Manchester United and England star, is now Sky Sports’ main football pundit.

A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service today confirmed he would face court proceedings.
The incident is alleged to have happened in the Greenmount area of Bury in the early hours of Saturday March 23. Nazir Afzal, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, said:

'Greater Manchester Police has investigated an allegation of sexual assault by Neville Neville in March 2013. I have reviewed all the evidence that they have gathered and have authorised the police to charge him with one count of sexual assault by penetration against a 46-year-old woman.'

This decision is made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. I have concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to prosecute this case.

With criminal proceedings now underway, I would like to stress the importance of nothing being placed in the public domain that could prejudice a future trial. For these reasons, we will not be commenting further about the case at this time.'

He has been bailed to appear at Bury and Rochdale Magistrates’ Court on 12 June 2013.




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Oops! When Play Goes Too Far...

French star got more than she bargained for thanks to Gary Dourdan.

The former CSI star picked up Zoé Félix during a party at Eden Roc hotel during Cannes Film Festival, but lifted her so high, that her derriere went on show.

Looking visibly distressed when Gary, 46, pulled her up, Zoé looked relieved once she was back on flat ground.

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Eva Longoria Suffers Her Most Embarrasing Wardrobe Malfuntion

Eva Longoria has become the latest celebrity victim to fall foul of an extremely embarrassing wardrobe malfunction.

The actress unfortunately revealed far more than she intended too as she turned out for the star-studded and rained upon screening of Jimmy P. Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian during Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

Arriving in a breathtaking light green gown, Eva was merely trying to ascend a flight of stairs while avoiding the fast-falling drizzle. She tugged up her hem to avoid getting it wet in the puddles when the wardrobe function occurred as the star was left exposing herself with no underwear on.

Eva, 38, will no doubt be horrified to learn that the humiliating incident was caught on camera.

The former Desperate Housewives star trudged on with the aid of several red carpet staffers and was ultra careful not to step on her trailing gown.

How come they never wear undies?!

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Rihanna Wants Knicks Star, JR Smith, and All Rumor-mongers To Know...

Over the past few weeks, she’s been all over the rumor reports and all up and through New York Post’s Page Six for allegedly dating Knicks star JR Smith.

Throughout the playoffs, the two have been photoed in the same vicinity at least a time or two which fueled the reports that JR was Rihanna’s rebound after she broke up with Chris Brown. However, according to Riri, that’s definitely not the case.

When a fan recently posted under her Instagram that she was the reason that JR has been shooting bricks and the Knicks have been struggling against the Pacers, Rihanna posted:

F-ck you and your wack azz team!!! Nobody want that desert thirsty n-gga!! He f-cked up because his azz be hungover from clubbing every night during playoffs!! So your issue isn’t with ra$$hole me.

She don't need no man, her t-shirt says it all...

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Candice Glover Is The New American Idol

Candice and Jennifer Hudson

23-year-old Candice Glover celebrated a huge victory as she was announced as the winner of American Idol.  The South Carolina native was up against 22-year-old Kree Harrison, and although she had auditioned for the show twice before, she never made it through. She says she’s happy that she never gave up and kept on trying:

I’m happy I came back, and that I was determined enough and it finally paid off....I'm speechless. Part of me is so happy that it happened, and part of me is relieved that I don’t have to sing for votes and worry about making it to the next round, because that’s such a stressful process. But I know the work is only going to get bigger from here on out.

Candice not only got to meet Drake a few weeks ago after singing his song, “Find Your Love”, but she also shared the stage last night with power vocalist Jennifer Hudson–who also got her start on the AI stage. After her win was announced, Candice cried her way through her new single “I Am Beautiful” and says that she loves the song because “I connect with it because of the words, and that’s part of the reason I was crying.”

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Man Sets Neighbor's House On Fire Because His Lawn Was Bushy

Things that make you go hmm...

An angry Georgia man set fire to his neighbor's house because the grass in his backyard had grown too high, police said.

Phillip Bennett, 58, allegedly gutted Marty Corbitt's property in Cartersville after dousing it with gasoline and sparking it ablaze with a lighter.

The homeowner and his 3-year-old daughter Kylie miraculously escaped from Wednesday morning's fire unharmed. His wife Katie was at work.

Corbitt told WXIA that Bennett had been a "good neighbor" for four years but tensions had risen in the last week over his unkempt lawn. He claimed the nearby resident had kicked in his front door and threatened to kill him if he didn't fix the problem. Fearing for his safety, Corbitt dialed 911 — only to see Bennett return with two cans of gasoline.

The alleged attacker then smashed the kitchen window, poured gas into the room and set it alight.

Corbitt grabbed his daughter and they fled outside to watch the house burn, reports Cartersville 11Alive.
Firefighters arrived minutes later and battled to tame the flames, but the home was gutted.

Bennett went on the run but handed himself in to U.S. marshals in Murphy, N.C. on Thursday. He is now in county jail awaiting transfer back to Georgia.

The Corbitts are staying with relatives.

Why do people enjoy getting into trouble...even at this age?!

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U,N. Promotes Insects As Low-fat, High-protein source of Food

Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the U.N., they come with appetizing side benefits: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creating jobs in developing countries and feeding the millions of hungry people in the world.

Two billion people do, largely in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the Rome-based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday as it issued a report exploring edible insect potential.

Some insects may already be in your food (and this is no fly-in-my-soup joke). Demand for natural food coloring as opposed to artificial dyes is increasing, the agency's experts say. A red coloring produced from the cochineal, a scaled insect often exported from Peru, already puts the hue in a trendy Italian aperitif and an internationally popular brand of strawberry yogurt. Many pharmaceutical companies also use colorings from insects in their pills.

Scientists who have studied the nutritional value of edible insects have found that red ants, small grasshoppers and some water beetles pack (gram-per-gram or ounce-per-ounce) enough protein to rank with lean ground beef while having less fat per gram.

Bored with bran as a source of fiber in your diet? Edible insects can oblige, and they also contain useful minerals such as iron, magnesium, phosphorous, selenium and zinc.

A South African fly factory that rears the insects en masse to transform blood, guts, manure and discarded food into animal feed has won a $100,000 U.N.-backed innovation prize.

Hmmm...

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Dwayne Wade Shocks Determined Teen By Showing up At Her Prom

Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade gave a fan the surprise of a lifetime when he showed up at her senior prom on Friday.

Nicole Muxo, a senior at Archbishop F. Coleman Carroll High School in Miami, didn't hear back from the 31-year-old basketball star after she asked him to be her date in a YouTube video. But she did send him a direct message on Twitter with the location info "just in case."

Wade had a rare night off thanks to a stellar fourth quarter in Wednesday's playoff game against the Chicago Bulls. When he got Muxo's Twitter DM, Wade said he decided to "go and make this a memorable moment for her."

Muxo, and her classmates, were shocked when a smartly dressed Wade walked into the La Jolla Ballroom in Coral Gables.

"I was so surprised. I didn't expect it at all," Muxo told CBS Miami.

Wade danced with his date, took pictures and met her family. He said he couldn't stay for long, but he still succeeded in making Muxo's night.

"I'm going to remember it forever," she said. "This was definitely the highlight of my senior year."
As for Muxo's other date, Laurent Chaumin, he said he was cool with Wade showing up to sweep the teen off her feet.

"At least we both know how to dress," he joked.

This wasn't the first time Muxo had asked the NBA star to a school event. She went to two book signings in the fall and asked him to her homecoming dance. Wade said her persistence paid off.

"She continued to go for it no matter how many times I told her I'm going to be busy she continued asking if I'm going to come," he told CBS Miami.

Later that night, Wade tweeted, "I had a blast at Prom ... Never be 2 scared to ask."

"Never be 2 scared to ask". I like that!

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'Occupy Barbie Dreamhouse'- Feminists Protest In Barbie's Pink Palace In Berlin

Europe's first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse opened its pink doors in Berlin on Thursday to protesters who said the exhibition was nothing more than a sexist cliché.

The 26,900-square-foot replica of the famous blonde's fictional Malibu home is located near Alexanderplatz, Berlin's main shopping district. For 22 Euros ($28), visitors can peruse Barbie's wardrobe, play her pink piano and bake a virtual cupcake in her kitchen. It has a fountain in the form of a giant hot pink high heel in the front and, of course, includes a Barbie boutique filled with merchandise related to the Mattel-made doll.

Multiple factions gathered to protest the exhibition. A topless woman from the Femen protest group, who had "life in plastic is not fantastic" written across her bare chest, burned a Barbie doll tied to a cross. A pink-clad man wearing a blond wig had a sign that said "Do you like me now?" draped across his neck. Others held signs with phrases like "Dear Barbie - don't just bake cupcakes, eat them too!" and "I will free you from the horror house."

"Our protest is not directed towards little girls and their dreams," Michael Koschitzki, a member of the Occupy Barbie Dreamhouse protest group, told NBC News. "But, for us, this so-called Dreamhouse symbolizes the beauty craze and the discrimination of women in modern-day life. It presents a cliché of the female role in society."

Stevie Meriel Schmiedel, a founding member of the "Pink Stinks" protest group, echoed that Barbie's world revolves around one's appearance.

"There's too much emphasis on becoming more beautiful and on being pretty and that puts an awful lot of pressure on girls as well as wasting capacities which they could use to simply be happy or for school," she told Reuters.

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